So…what happened? The 249th birthday of the USA has come and gone and no action at Drag City?! Not a peep out of your humble blogger? What gives?
A fair question to ask, considering that for the past five years, Independence Day has been cause for a huge celebration at the track, with a full-blown muscle car race ending in a massive fireworks display. There was my last post on June 24 – a Tuesday, even – and then…silence. No notice of a hiatus even!
What has happened in the time I’ve been away from my blog for nearly 2 weeks is difficult to talk about, and perhaps I shouldn’t: some things are too personal for public consumption, and no one who peruses these pages to read about vintage slot cars or classic 1:64 diecasts is going to be interested anyway. So, suffice to say that over the last couple of weeks, some ongoing crises occurring in the life of someone dear to me finally reached “critical mass” and began to spill over into my own life.
It’s very difficult when someone that you love is suffering, and one of the hardest things about it is knowing when you can help, and knowing when there’s nothing more you can do, and that you are at risk of the powerful tractor-beam of their vortex pulling you down with them. I’m sorry to say I reached that point over the last two weeks, and the aftermath of the decisions I had to make has been weighing on my mind ever since.
More than this, I shan’t say: it’s not an appropriate topic for this blog; suffice to say that the turmoil all this has caused has kept me from both the track and this blog for many days. I’m happy to say that I did get an invite to a good house party on the 4th, and that was followed by watching several urban and suburban fireworks displays from a 3rd floor flat, so, I managed to have a good time in spite of it all. Sadly, I’m going to spend the rest of this holiday weekend working in the office, as the drama I’m referencing here has caused me to fall behind on some projects there.
In short: there hasn’t been any action at the track, and there isn’t liable to be for at least another week or so. I’m still cleaning up messes and trying to get things back on the shelves. I’ve got a little bit of diecast news to share, but other than that, Drag City is going to be quiet for a few more days.
I’m sorry to hear of the troubles and know that you are strong and can weather any storm. I hope you can take care of yourself and you can only do what you can. It looks like you were able to find some nice respite from it all and do what you need to Bud!